Haryana records 94 new cases, tally goes past 1,300

Haryana on Tuesday reported 94 new cases of corona virus, taking the State's case tally to 1305 even as 22 patients recovered from various hospitals of the State over the last 24 hours.

According to the State government’s health bulletin, 94 fresh cases were reported from Gurugram, Faridabad, Mahendragarh, Panipat, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Bhiwani, Hisar, Rewari. Palwal, Sirsa and Nuh.

Meanwhile, the total number of active Covid-19 cases in Haryana is 464 while the number patients who have been discharged are 824. The State has a recovery rate of 63.14 per cent, fatality rate at 1.32 per cent while tests per million being conducted are 4024. The doubling rate in the State is 17 days. As per the bulletin, 17 deaths have been reported so far in the State.

Gurugram continues to dominate the Covid-19 spread with 33 new cases on Tuesday, out of total 94 new cases reported across State. The Statewide count of Covid-19 cases stood at 1305 and 17 deaths. Faridabad spotted new 22 cases, followed by Mahendragarh (12 new cases), Panipat (5), Ambala (5), Kurukshetra (3), Karnal (3), Bhiwani (3), Hisar (2), Rewari (2). Palwal(2), Sirsa (1) and Nuh(1),

Yamunanagar is corona free district of the State as eight persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the district has been discharged from the hospitals, as per the State health bulletin.

As many as 22 patients walked out of hospital from different districts of the State on Monday. So far, 824 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals in Haryana, including the 14 Italian nationals. According to officials, a total of 22 Covid patients were discharged from various districts including 17 in Gurugram, two in Palwal and one each in Sirsa, Rohtak and Kaithal.

PUNJAB GETS 25 FRESH CASES, TALLY IS 2106

Punjab on Tuesday reported 25 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, taking the state’s Covid-19 infection tally to 2,106, of which just 148 are active as over 91 percent have recovered. The State has till date recorded 40 Covid-19 deaths.

Out of the new cases, Jalandhar has the maximum of 10 and all are the contacts of already diagnosed cases. Besides, Pathankot has reported five new cases, four in Hoshiarpur, two each in Amritsar and Ludhiana, and one each from Faridkot and SBS Nagar.

Notably, Faridkot and SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr) districts had, only a day before, became corona-free with all patients recovering from the contagion and sent back home. Both districts reported new case each.

With 10 more cases in Jalandhar, the district tally has reached 238. Four of 10 cases were reported since Monday night, including the healthcare workers employed at the Jalandhar Civil Hospital of which two are Class IV workers and two nurses.

The health workers who tested positive had been given duties in three wards at the hospital — the emergency and tuberculosis ward and flu corner — causing health authorities to worry about the spread of the virus. The health workers were reportedly symptomatic.

The five cases reported in Pathankot and four in Hoshiarpur were also contacts of already diagnosed cases. The two casess reported from Amritsar are new cases and self reported, while the Ludhiana's two cases were people with a travel history to West Bengal.

Among the districts, Amritsar is topping the chart with 331 cases followed by Jalandhar at 230, Ludhiana at 175, Tarn Taran at 154, Gurdaspur (132), Patiala (108), Hoshiarpur (110), SBS Nagar (106), SAS Nagar (103), Sangrur (89), Muktsar (66), Faridkot (62), Ropar (60), Moga (59), Fatehgarh Sahib (57), Ferozepur (46), Pathankot (44), Fazilka (42), Bathinda (42), Kapurthala (36), Mansa (32) and Barnala (22).

Eight districts — Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Patiala, Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar, SAS Nagar — that have over 100 cases account for 68 percent of state’s cases.

Meanwhile, seven Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel deployed at Ludhiana railway station have tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. The RPF Director-General said: “Seven RPF personnel posted at Ludhiana railway station have tested positive for Covid-19 and around 100 personnel have been quarantined.” These cases were not added in the state’s official tally as the earlier positive cases of RPF personnel were also added in the central pool.

FOUR NEW CASE IN CHANDIGARH

Four more positive cases including of a one-and-a-half-year-old boy have been reported from Bapu Dham colony (BDC) till Tuesday evening taking the total number to 279 in the city. The doubling rate of coronavirus cases stood at 15 days in Chandigarh as compared to the current national average of around 13 days.

12 family members including parents of the three days old baby girl, who succumbed to coronavirus on Sunday, have been tested negative for the virus. The family belongs to Dadumajra here. The baby girl was the youngest ever Coronavirus fatality recorded in the city. So far, four Coronavirus related deaths have been reported in Chandigarh.

The total cases stood at 279 while the active cases are 88 in Chandigarh, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.  187 patients have so far being declared cured of Coronavirus and discharged from the hospital, the bulletin stated.

The BDC, which has been declared as containment zone in Chandigarh has reported more than 200 cases till now.   “32 samples have been collected on site in BDC, Sector-26 on Tuesday.  The Administration had last week started onsite sampling facility at a school in BDC,” the bulletin stated.

“Among the fresh positive cases reported included a male child aged 1.5 years, 22 years, 60 years and 61 years from BDC,” it added.